Thai woman succumbs to COVID-19 in Lucknow hospital

Amid growing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, a Thai woman died due to COVID-19 at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow. She had reportedly come to the city around 10 days ago and was admitted to the hospital on May 3.

Lucknow: A Thailand national succumbed to COVID-19 at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow.

According to reports, she had come to Lucknow around 10 days ago and was admitted to the hospital on May 3.

The local police said that after informing the Thai consulate general here, the deceased's last rites were performed at Baikund Dham in Lucknow.

Uttar Pradesh on Friday reported the highest number of deaths due to Covid, with 372 people succumbing to the virus in 24 hours across the state. The single-day jump in deaths had hit a record high of 357 on Wednesday. The state reported a total of 28,076 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours taking the total number of active cases in the state to 2,54,118.